Lot Essay
The shape of this vessel is more typical for an amphora.
ATTRIBUTED TO THE TENRI PAINTER CIRCA 320 B.C.
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE VOLUTE-KRATER
attributed to the tenri painter
circa 320 b.c.
The A-Side with a nude youth in added white seated within an ionic naiskos, with a phiale raised in his right hand and a spear in his left, a shield behind him, two draped women on either side of the naiskos, the neck with an armed warrior on a horse, moving right but looking back over his shoulder at a nude warrior armed with a shield and sword, a rock in his raised right hand, before the horse a helmeted nude warrior with a shield, a band of ivy and berries and bead-and-reel above, the volutes with female heads in white amidst tendrils; the B-Side with a draped female figure and Eros flanking a stela tied with white and black fillets, the neck with a palmette complex, a band of key above, the volutes with facing heads; a band of ovolo on the rim above a band of wave, vertical lines above a band of ovolo on the shoulders, with swan heads in added white on the A-Side, palmette complexes below the handles, a band of meander and saltire squares below the scenes, details in added white and yellow
32 1/8 in. (81.5 cm.) high
attributed to the tenri painter
circa 320 b.c.
The A-Side with a nude youth in added white seated within an ionic naiskos, with a phiale raised in his right hand and a spear in his left, a shield behind him, two draped women on either side of the naiskos, the neck with an armed warrior on a horse, moving right but looking back over his shoulder at a nude warrior armed with a shield and sword, a rock in his raised right hand, before the horse a helmeted nude warrior with a shield, a band of ivy and berries and bead-and-reel above, the volutes with female heads in white amidst tendrils; the B-Side with a draped female figure and Eros flanking a stela tied with white and black fillets, the neck with a palmette complex, a band of key above, the volutes with facing heads; a band of ovolo on the rim above a band of wave, vertical lines above a band of ovolo on the shoulders, with swan heads in added white on the A-Side, palmette complexes below the handles, a band of meander and saltire squares below the scenes, details in added white and yellow
32 1/8 in. (81.5 cm.) high